“For better than thirty years, as a working historian, I have written on leaders I knew, such as Lyndon Johnson, and interviewed… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
The turn of the century was the age of the banker, so much so that the leading bankers of the day had… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
We've got to figure out a way that we give a private sphere for our public leaders. We're not gonna get the… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“The histories and tragedies of Shakespeare that Lincoln loved most dealt with themes that would resonate to a president in the midst… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation. — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
When I look at Franklin Roosevelt's leadership, I think the most important quality he had during the Depression and the war was… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“One-time rival and subsequent usurper Secretary of State Seward finally settled into an assessment of Lincoln that, "His confidence and compassion increase… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“For political leaders in a democracy are not revolutionaries or leaders of creative thought. The best of them are those who respond… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
What I think I've learned is that you're never going to get it all right, and you can't obsess about having a fact wrong… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
People will love him (Theodore Roosevelt) for the enemies he has made. — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“This extreme treatment was among the proliferating regimens developed in response to the stunning increase in nervous disorders diagnosed around the turn of the… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“I could carve out of a banana a judge with more backbone than that,” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“Don’t hit till you have to; but, when you do hit, hit hard.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“After ministering each day to the hundreds of young men who had endured ghastly wounds, submitted to amputations without anesthesia, and often died without… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
The value that I found in interviewing was for an educational experience, just to know that history itself is subjective, that you can't say,… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
Excitement about things became a habit, a part of my personality, and the expectation that I should enjoy new experiences often engendered the enjoyment… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“All the cartoonists at heart liked him, and there was seldom or never anything bitter or really unfriendly in their portrayals of him; they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
